Summary Information

Title: James J. McDonald Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1930

Creator:

• McDonald, James J., 1886-1986

Call Number: Mss 1011; PH 6460

Quantity: 4.9 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 10 photographs, and 16 negatives

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Legal files of James J. McDonald, a Madison, Wisconsin attorney and secretary/treasurer to two electric utilities, Badger Electric Service Company and Badger Light and Power, both of which concentrated on rural electrification in Wisconsin. The papers include materials related to the operation of both electric utilities, consisting of correspondence, legal contracts, and financial documents as well as McDonald's legal work for Gay Electric Company, Burnett County Electric, Luck Light and Power, and Polk Electric Light Company. Also included are materials related to McDonald's work with the Wisconsin Utilities Association, the Rural Lines Commission, and his work purchasing several Wisconsin telephone companies on behalf of W. N. Albertson Telephone Company of Omaha.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01011

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